The Big Interview

Deloitte Ireland boss Harry Goddard: Despite the cuts, the tech sector is in strong health

The Clare man at the top of one of the Big Four firms explains why he is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the outlook for Irish businesses in 2024

Harry Goddard, Deloitte Ireland: ‘A sector can’t grow for 20 years and not nip and tuck every now and again. The tech sector is still enormously active’

Harry Goddard isn’t your typical Big Four consultant. As a young student he excelled at advanced mathematics and dreamed of leaving his mark on the world by discovering his own mathematical formula one day.

“I was always good with numbers . . . I started out life in my first and second years of college thinking my mission was to invent Goddard’s theorem. It would be practically useless but mandatory learning for everyone,” the Clare ...